Month: January 2009

  • A River Runs Through It

     

  • An Inaugural POET!

    Listening to a most glorious Inaugural Poem.

    Can you believe that someone finally, FINALLY,

    decided to include some verse in our

    national celebration.  Something moving

    the soul, something worth listening to,

    words to celebrate what we feel on the

    inside!

    Do you think they will reprint her words anywhere?

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  • Winter Solace

    bWe had twelve inches of snow one night
    and then six inches     of snow the next
    this weekend. 

    Nice fluffy powdery stuff. 

    Everything captured and dusted in white.

    The old house boat trapped in the river waiting for spring.

    But we ventured out on shoes fit for the time

    And had a tough time slogging through the stuff

    The bench was waiting for spring which seems a long time away.

    Enjoy the winter!

  • Thinking of a Dog

    Friend Dog;

    follow his nose,

    follow his tail

    as it bounds

    through the fells,

    through the wood,

    the stream. 

    The dog,

    ancient,

    stalwart,

    companion


    who knows
    his tall
    ambling friend
     
    needs be shown

    the mossy tree,

    the still rabbit

    chased,


    the deer in the field. 


    And when the moon is high,

    to sing our lonely song.

  • Winter River Lock Out

    The River has its fill of snow.  She is filled to the brim

    Like us, after a bawdy New Years Eve

     

    Our feeders stand empty - the birds sleep late even!

    And how our pulse slows in this early Winter day.  Even

    the touch of our loved ones may not make us smile and glow.

    Inside and through out our windows the  River still rolls, sill

    coldly rolls.

  • Oh This New Year

    Ah, the New Year is upon us and what has transpired so far?

    If there are any resolutions they are surely gone by the wayside -

    change means change and we cannot simply wish that.  Goals are

    a more attainable way of moving on; I've bought a loaf of great

    bread after I've resolved to reduce my bread intake - go figure!  No Starbucks

    so far and I haven't even thought about reducing my wine intake.

    But change is change and time is what change is steeped in.

    Now where did I place those goals?

    A wonderful Christmas, visiting friends and relatives -

    a trip to Rochester, NY - yes I did get sick and as of now I

    have transferred it to Carol; what are husbands for?  A down

    key NYE - I was still sick and  Boston was 10° and after the snow

    storm we just had we just hung in.

    And now my honey is sick on the couch and we are hunkering

    in for a long winters night ...